Heartbeaking Death of 15 Year Old

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This story from the Vicksburg Post, was heartbreaking.  A young fifteen year old football player in great health was struck down by MRSA.

I found a wonderful YouTube video about MRSA which addresses athletic programs in addition to hospital acquired infections.  I think this is a matter we should all understand and address.

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) – A so-called “superbug” infection that destroyed throat and lung tissue killed a 15-year-old Vicksburg boy last summer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC issued a certified report March 31 about Wesley Husband’s death, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said Friday.

Husband had been sick for about a week. Relatives took him to a doctor, to an emergency room and to a walk-in clinic where he died Aug. 27.

The CDC said Husband’s death was caused by the drug-resistant staph infection called MRSA, for “methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.”

It’s a bug that mostly causes skin infections, but can be life-threatening in the bloodstream, lungs or organs. The CDC said Husband’s infection was “necrotizing,” the scientific term for “destroying flesh.”

Wesley Husband was a freshman and football player at Warren Central High School. He had complained for days about not feeling well, his grandfather Wesley Brown said after the teen’s death.

On his way to the Street Clinic, Wesley told his aunt he could not see, was too weak to walk and felt as if he was going to faint.

He died in a small waiting room as clinic workers tried to treat him for apparent internal bleeding.

Reached Friday, Wesley’s father, Wesley Evans, said the family was happy to finally know what happened.

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Information from: The Vicksburg Post, http://www.vicksburgpost.com

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